Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 54

It’s the second day since the arena tournament began.

As everyone’s eyes were glued to the event, the main event kicks off.

With 15 matches to get through in just two hours—more than the ten matches of the preliminaries—the competitors found a quiet spot, undisturbed, to conduct their battles.

Two hours passed.

It might seem long, but to the competitors in the arena tournament, it felt short.

With the main event concluded, profiles of the finalists were revealed along with their records.

As expected, most of the finalists were professionals from VRS.

But the one with the highest win rate was not among them.

[Yeo]

15 matches, 15 wins, 0 losses

Win rate: 100%

She was a pure Deron player, completely unrelated to VRS.

It was an unexpected result. The community began to buzz with this surprise outcome.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[Yeo is who? 15 wins in a row? That’s insane, lol] [2]

[Isn’t that a hacker record?] [2]

[Must just be a luck streak, lol. The pros will win anyway] [4]

[Yeo is really a middle schooler, we’re in the same class] [4]

[Doesn’t Archer get aim assist?] [1]

[Maximum of 10 wins? They’re pros, lolololol] [2]

[Middle school girl!!! Middle school girl!!! Middle school girl!!! Middle school girl!!!] [2]

[The gallery master came out just to get the wings] [5]

[Yeo’s soft & chewy cow.jpg after 15 wins] [22]

As the game company of Deron ran massive ads for the broadcasters, users who solely played VRS flooded into the Deron Online gallery.

While it was good to have new users, it didn’t come without its downsides.

They had a sort of chosen people mentality. They looked down on users who played Deron purely, calling them middle-aged men or players lacking skill.

Not everyone was like that, of course, but it’s inevitable that a small number of loud-mouthed individuals stand out.

Unusual users are always more noticeable than ordinary ones.

Their attempts to dominate the concept posts while praising their own game made many Deron users frown.

Then, as the VRS pros started getting accustomed to Deron’s arena and brutally defeating existing arena users, those few began to go wild even more.

Thanks to that, for the past week, the concept posts in the Deron Online gallery were completely turned upside down.

Amidst all this attention, Yeo’s record was revealed.

But they didn’t believe it. They busied themselves trying to undermine that achievement, insisting she must’ve been lucky and predicting she’d be eliminated right away in the finals.

For that minority, the game Deron was considered a P2W game that required no skill.

With everyone’s focus on the event, time flowed and day three of the arena tournament dawned.

Finals Day 1.


October 14th, Friday, 7 PM.


Round of 128 begins.

A best-of-three, two wins format match lasting a total of 50 minutes was about to start.

Some viewers watched the live broadcast, while others logged into Deron to watch the match themselves.

Among them, the broadcast that attracted the largest audience was the one covering Yeo’s match.

A girl holding a magnificent sword.

She looked no older than 150, gripping a sword enveloped in a black aura, fixing her gaze on her opponent.

Yeo’s opponent was a man wielding a long rapier.

The only class that uses a rapier is a fencer.

Yeo slowly exhaled, staring at her opponent standing before her.

[PTX-Kiki]

The nickname bore the name of his pro team.

Kiki, indicating he was a professional player who transitioned from VRS.

Before the match started, there was a brief wait.

Yeo’s mind began racing.

She recalled videos she had watched and the counters she had sketched in her notebook.

Not just VRS play videos, but she had reviewed all the arena videos from VRS players.

There was only one thought filling Yeo’s mind.

Absolutely win. Crush the opponent with overwhelming skill and earn those magnificent wings.

The match started.

No need to gauge her opponent’s movements. Yeo approached right away.

As she rapidly crossed the lengthy, flat arena map, her opponent began to move as well.

He slowly advanced, thrusting the thin blade of the rapier forward.

In that moment, just as Yeo entered her opponent’s range, a flash of a light-like sword strike shot forth.

Aiming for her head with a thrust attack.

But Yeo was already observing the movements of his arms and legs before the attack flew in.

Her upper body smoothly dipped down. As her outstretched leg moved diagonally, the blade of the rapier traced a path through the air, cutting through nothingness.

Her opponent’s abdomen was wide open.

Yeo swung her sword immediately.

The demon sword, emitting a wonderful effect, didn’t unleash its full potential due to arena modifiers, but the effect wrapping around the blade put enough pressure on her opponent.

Swish!

The moment the sword brushed past, her opponent slid backward.

It triggered the movement skill [Evade], leaving behind an afterimage as he vanished.

Yeo didn’t chase. She immediately retracted her sword, pulling it back to prepare a high swing.

The blade pointed downward. Her gaze, fixed low, sparkled sharply.

Yeo couldn’t help but let out a small sigh at the sight of Kiki.

Kiki was also playing Deron with his broadcast running. Naturally, Yeo felt frustration while watching.

To help Kiki, she had donated and provided tips like she had in another room.

But the outcome remained the same. Kiki ignored her and refunded all the donated money.

Unless shown, he wouldn’t believe it. Professional players had unwavering faith in their abilities.

Then let’s show him. At that thought, Yeo swiftly darted forward.

With no preparatory stance, the skill activated, bursting forth as blue mana enveloped her body, and in an instant, the small girl was right in front of her opponent.

He was a pro. Perhaps he was taken aback by the unexpected speed of the attack, but he wasn’t slow to react.

The thin blade of the rapier pointed forward, its tip starting to shine.

[Repost]

A readied counterattack stance.

A horrifying skill that inflicts severe damage and a stun status in response to the opponent’s attack.

A lifeline for the fencer.

She saw it. It wasn’t too late. She could stop her attack.

But Yeo didn’t stop. She swung her sword at her opponent.

The elegantly extended sword blade met Kiki’s rapier, and at that instant, with a ping sound, the counter skill activated.

As Kiki’s rapidly approaching sword strike was about to graze Yeo’s body, crimson energy burst forth from her, deflecting the counter.

Zsh!

The activation of the highlander skill [Revenge].

This too, being a counter to the opponent’s attack, meant that the counter judgment of Kiki was also repelled.

Kiki, whose eyes widened with surprise, never expected a counter to his counter.

As his body started to tilt dangerously from the retaliation, Yeo unleashed a flurry of sharp strikes overhead.

Zsh!

The girl’s long swinging sword dealt a blow to his upper body. In the next moment, like a flowing river, the subsequent attack slashed through the inside of his thigh.

She had completely knocked the breath out of him.

As Kiki tried to regain control and swung his sword, Yeo’s blade struck like a snake, taking Kiki’s neck.

Zsh!

“This is…”

Winner.


[Yeo]

1 win, 0 losses.

Loser.


[PTX-Kiki]

0 wins, 1 loss.

The result of the first match was announced, and both fighters instantly teleported back to their original spots with a hazy light.

As Kiki stood up and shook off the dust, he focused on Yeo’s peculiar movements.

It was swordsmanship that moved like a snake. No matter how he thought about it, that was the only way to describe it.

-Could it be…

Kiki steadied his breath and gazed steadily at his opponent.

He had thought of his opponent as an ordinary user, but that was absolutely not the case.

That was a secret weapon. A hidden gem being raised quietly by another professional team.

The proof of that lay in the sword moves the girl had briefly shown.

White Snake


W.S

That slithering sword was undoubtedly W.S’s swordsmanship.

Kiki’s eyes deepened.

If his opponent is a hidden pro, then he must showcase skills that matched that.

With his usual fencing posture, Kiki changed into an unusual stance.

His arms extended forward to determine the distance while his long blade stretched back behind him.

With his oddly wide stance.

He began to utilize the VRS techniques he had never shown in this game.

Yeo smiled faintly at that sight.

That sharp demeanor occasionally shown by the pros was exactly that.

What pros exhibited were bizarre movements at crucial moments.

Things Yeo did not possess. Things she had not learned. How to wield a sword.

Once the waiting period ended, the match resumed.

Once again, it was Yeo who advanced first.

As the small girl swiftly attempted to close the distance, Kiki’s sword swung through the empty air.

Swoosh—

Yeo halted mid-stride as the thin air split around her.

He predicted her approach and swung his sword, blocking her movement.

Indeed, battling a real opponent proved more difficult than facing a foe in imagination.

Yeo’s clear eyes began to dissect each of her opponent’s movements.

Her mind went blank.

The world Yeo looked at began to shine.

Based on the knowledge she had drilled into her head, a virtual route started to form before her.

Searching for the most perfect path among them.

Whoosh!

Her long-reaching sword aimed for Kiki’s neck.

But that attack did not reach.

Kiki slid back, seamlessly evading the strike.

Pure movements that didn’t rely on skills.

But Kiki overlooked one thing.

He was overly conscious of VRS. This was Deron, not VRS.

While he could apply the skills from that game, he couldn’t completely ignore Deron’s own abilities, the [Skills].

Suddenly, the extending sword erupted with a golden glow.

The paladin’s exclusive skill, [Holy Blessing].

It increases damage and extends attack range for a limited time.

Zsh!

Kiki turned hastily, but the golden blade had already pierced through his head.

Winner.


[Yeo]

2 wins, 0 losses.

Loser.


[PTX-Kiki]

0 wins, 2 losses.

[Yeo advances to the top 64.]